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Australian Crime Stories

Australian Crime Stories

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Discover the notorious crimes of Australia.Australian Stories True Crime
Episodes
  • The Family Murders, Part One
    Aug 25 2025

    Warning: This episode contains themes of pedophilia, sexual assault and mutilation.

    In Adelaide, following the notorious murder of criminal lawyer Derrance Stevenson, dubbed “body in the freezer”, a series of even more horrific murders would occur. This time the victims were young boys and men - drugged, abused, killed, mutilated and discarded. A trail left behind by an underground world of sadism, pedophilia, pornography and exploitation on Adelaide’s most vulnerable. Despite the unrelenting efforts to keep this story hidden, it’s one that continues begging to be heard.

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    35 mins
  • Body in the Freezer: Unearthed
    Aug 20 2025

    An underground community of Adelaide's elite who share interests in homosexuality, fetish pornography and pedophilia. A teenage boy procured and delivered to Derrance, later convicted of his murder. Was this a cover up? What was Derrance really involved in before his demise? Who are the other suspects and what are the other theories for his murder? Follow along as we unearth this crime.

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    41 mins
  • Body in the Freezer
    Aug 18 2025

    In June 1979, the quiet suburb of Parkside was rocked by a chilling discovery—a prominent barrister found dead, concealed inside a freezer in his own home. The case that followed gripped South Australia, weaving together a tangled web of secrets, complex relationships, and shadowy figures. What seemed at first like a straightforward murder quickly unraveled into a mystery filled with unanswered questions and disputed evidence, and a young man’s life forever changed. This is the story behind one of the state’s most infamous murder trials.

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    27 mins
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